Recent content by zraigy7

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    New bassist. Please read

    thankseveryone. i would try to find a new bass instructor but he was the only one down here. There was one other place but the people new about as much as i do(they are guitar players).
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    New bassist. Please read

    Ok so i bought a Fender Squire Vintage modified 70s Jazz bass a few months back. I started taking a few lessons. The teacher said i had good fingering, i can read music farely well after and even before the lessons. I went to my local music store to get the book he taught out of. Then i realized...
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    this is crazy.

    also i live in mobile,Alabama.
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    this is crazy.

    Well today i caleed one of my local music stores to see if they taught bass. Nope only 2 guitar teachers. So i called my local GC. No lessons a bassist there said he could point me out to a few good vidoes and said he could give me a lesson every now and then. so no one in my city teaches basss...
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    now what?

    no1 elses has any more info?
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    now what?

    ok so for the past few days i have been trying to teach myself how to read music like notation and all that. I have been using the website studybass.com. I can read tabs easily,i know the notes on the bass fretboard like on the E string it goes to F then F#(Gb)G,G#(Ab), A, A#(Bb), B, C, and so...
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    my experience at GC today.

    i was wondering when i learn some chords and can read notation and all that. what is the type of musice you play on the bass that like you just make up on the spot? like you just play how you feel? i want to play that and i only want to learn a few covers by RHCP and nirvana. Also i will prbably...
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    my experience at GC today.

    oh yea, my dad picked up the guitar last night without telling me haha. so i can finally play on it
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    my experience at GC today.

    left left goose i would think its on sale at all GC cuz its a list item and thanks for those sites im gonna try to read notes not just tabs
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    my experience at GC today.

    any1 else got any more info?
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    my experience at GC today.

    cllsbass i think i am going to start learning a few songs with tabs and trying to learn to read music on the way. do u know any sites that might help.
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    my experience at GC today.

    thanks for the support guys. Tomorrow when i go to GC i am gonna get the amp(just cuz i weant to play in my room in peace) and acord if i need to. Also i am going to be teaching myself to play bass. If you could please post some sites that will help me learn for free also do i need to learn many...
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    my experience at GC today.

    well today after school i rode down to the local GC to pick me up a Squire Vintage Modified jazz bass. i tried it out and liked it. it wasnt too heavy and i liked the looks and sound. so i decided to buy a $60 amp with it for times sake. The amp was on sale. the bass was on sale from $280 and i...
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    buying a bass tonight.

    ok ok heres the deal. i called up my local GC and guess what? they had no VM jazz bass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they only had 1 in b4 and it was used. fortuneatley they had a Squire 70s VM P-bass. ii might get this one and play it with a pick because i will mostly play rock. the p bass cost $250 and i...
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    buying a bass tonight.

    ok friday after school im going to GC and going to buy a bass. They better have it on sale or im gonna be pissed lol. Btw, friday kicks off their labor day sale. If it is not cheaper than $279 in the store ima have to go order it online and then wait like a week cuz of labor day and hurricane...